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Satellite networks provide communication services to global users with an uneven geographical distribution. In densely populated regions, Inter-satellite links (ISLs) often experience congestion, blocking traffic from other links and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Hao Wu

Providing truly ubiquitous connectivity requires development of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite Internet, whose theoretical study is lagging behind network-specific simulations. In this paper, we derive analytical expressions for the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-26 Niloofar Okati , Taneli Riihonen

The rapid development of communication technologies in the past decades has provided immense vertical opportunities for individuals and enterprises. However, conventional terrestrial cellular networks have unfortunately neglected the huge…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-22 Shicong Liu , Zhen Gao , Yongpeng Wu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Xiqi Gao , Kai-Kit Wong , Symeon Chatzinotas , Bjorn Ottersten

Increasing demand for massive device connectivity in underserved regions drives the development of advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems. Beam-hopping LEO systems without connection establishment provide a promising…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-06 Seunghyeon Jeon , Seonjung Kim , Gyeongrae Im , Yo-Seb Jeon

The deployment of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites with terrestrial networks can potentially increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of relaying content from a data center to a set of edge caches hosted by 6G and beyond enabled macro…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-24 Basem Abdellatif , Mostafa M. Shibl , Tamer Khattab , John Tadrous , Tarek ElFouly , Nizar Zorba

Large-scale low-Earth-orbit (LEO) constellations demand routing that simultaneously minimizes energy, guarantees delivery under congestion, and meets latency requirements for time-critical flows. We present a segment routing over IPv6…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Jintao Liang , Pablo G. Madoery , Chung-Horng Lung , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Gunes Karabulut Kurt

This paper aims to develop satellite-user association and resource allocation mechanisms to minimize the total transmit power for integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks wherein a constellation of LEO satellites provides the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-06 Hung Nguyen-Kha , Vu Nguyen Ha , Eva Lagunas , Symeon Chatzinotas , Joel Grotz

In this paper, an uplink scheduling policy problem to minimize the network latency, defined as the air-time to serve all of users with a quality-of-service (QoS), under an energy constraint is considered in a training-based large-scale…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-27 Kyung Jun Choi , Kwang Soon Kim

Emerging integrated space and terrestrial networks (ISTN) built upon low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations aim at providing planet-wide Internet services, not only for residential users, but also for mobile users (e.g., in airplane…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Jihao Li , Hewu Li , Zeqi Lai , Qian Wu , Weisen Liu , Xiaomo Wang , Yuanjie Li , Jun Liu , Qi Zhang

The design and comparison of satellite-terrestrial routing (STR) and inter-satellite routing (ISR) in low Earth orbit satellite constellations is a widely discussed topic. The signal propagation distance under STR is generally longer than…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Ruibo Wang , Mustafa A. Kishk , Howard H. Yang , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This study presents the first global analysis of on-demand video streaming over Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks, using data from over one million households across 85 countries. We highlight Starlink's role as a major LEO provider,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Liz Izhikevich , Reese Enghardt , Te-Yuan Huang , Renata Teixeira

In this work, we investigate resource allocation strategy for real time communication (RTC) over satellite networks with virtual network functions. Enhanced by inter-satellite links (ISLs), in-orbit computing and network virtualization…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-24 Binquan Guo , Hongyan Li , Zhou Zhang , Ye Yan

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks (SatNets) are envisioned to play a crucial role in providing global and ubiquitous connectivity efficiently. Accordingly, in the coming years, thousands of LEO satellites will be launched to create…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-21 Mohammed Y. Abdelsadek , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Gunes Karabulut Kurt

Recent advances in satellite technology have introduced a new frontier of wireless networking by establishing Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite networks that work to connect difficult to reach areas and improve global connectivity. These…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Davy Romine , Andrew Kingery , Guanqun Song , Ting Zhu

Distributed training of machine learning models directly on satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) is considered. Based on a federated learning (FL) algorithm specifically targeted at the unique challenges of the satellite scenario, we design…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-07 Nasrin Razmi , Bho Matthiesen , Armin Dekorsy , Petar Popovski

The rise in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite Internet services has led to increasing demand, often exceeding available data rates and compromising the quality of service. While deploying more satellites offers a short-term fix, designing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Olivier Bélanger , Jean-Luc Lupien , Olfa Ben Yahia , Stéphane Martel , Antoine Lesage-Landry , Gunes Karabulut Kurt

The highly dynamic nature of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks introduces challenges that existing transport protocols fail to address, including non-congestive latency variation and loss, transient congestion hotspots, and frequent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Aiden Valentine , Ian Wakeman , George Parisis

Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Networks (LSNs) offer a promising solution for extending connectivity to areas not covered by Terrestrial Networks (TNs). However, the rapid movement, broad coverage, and high communication latency of LEO…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Xingqiu He , Zijie Ying , Chaoqun You , Yue Gao

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks connect millions of devices on Earth and offer various services, such as data communications, remote sensing, and data harvesting. As the number of services increases, LEO satellite networks will…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Chang-Sik Choi

This letter investigates dynamic routing in Next-Generation Satellite Orbit (NGSO) constellations and proposes a hybrid strategy that combines precomputed routing tables with a Deep Q-Learning (DQL) fallback mechanism. While fully RL-based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-19 Flor Ortiz , Eva Lagunas